When will the power be back in Laurel, MS?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Laurel is a city of about 17,508 residents in Jones County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Laurel by name, so this page reports the Jones County county-wide view, which covers Laurel. If a serving utility does name Laurel during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Laurel:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Laurel: the closest other places we track are Petal, about 24 miles to the south; Hattiesburg, about 28 miles to the south; Meridian, about 55 miles to the northeast; and Brandon, about 64 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Pearl (68 mi NW); Flowood (70 mi NW); Byram (75 mi NW); Bogalusa, LA (76 mi SW); Jackson (76 mi NW); Brookhaven (77 mi W); Ridgeland (78 mi NW); and Madison (79 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Grenada (150 mi); northeast toward Selma, AL (134 mi); east toward Prattville, AL (166 mi); southeast toward Saraland, AL (85 mi); south toward D'Iberville (86 mi); southwest toward Covington, LA (101 mi); west toward McComb (84 mi); and northwest toward Canton (81 mi).
Who serves Laurel?
We track live outage data from Mississippi Power ↗, Dixie Electric Power Association and Southern Pine Electric ↗ in Jones County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Laurel's last tracked outage began Sep 21, peaked at 985 customers out, and was restored in 40 minutes. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes.
- Sep 21 — 985 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Sep 11 — 149 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
- Sep 4 — 44 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 31 — 60 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Jones County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2 hr. The full record for Jones County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Laurel, MS?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Laurel's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 55 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Laurel, MS?
To check your own street, search a Laurel ZIP code — 39440, 39441, 39442 or 39443 — and the map opens on that area.
